Former general Prabowo Subianto, who lost Indonesia's presidential election to Joko Widodo, has mounted a legal challenge to the result, alleging the counting of votes was mishandled.

Mr Subianto has alleged that massive fraud tipped the scales in Mr Widodo's favour, but his challenge is directed at the election commission, in part for failing to investigate all allegations of cheating, according to a spokesman.

"We have filed a legal challenge," Fadli Zon, another spokesman for Mr Subianto's team, told reporters at the Constitutional Court.

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